diff --git a/srcpkgs/flacon/template b/srcpkgs/flacon/template
index e11ce5fdf88..260761a9663 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/flacon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/flacon/template
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'flacon'
 pkgname=flacon
-version=9.0.0
+version=12.0.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="qt5-tools-devel uchardet-devel taglib-devel"
+configure_args="-DUSE_QT6=ON -DUSE_QT5=OFF"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt6-tools qt6-base"
+makedepends="qt6-tools-devel qt6-widgets uchardet-devel taglib-devel"
 depends="ffmpeg hicolor-icon-theme"
 short_desc="Audio File Encoder. Splits audio tracks into separate tracks"
 maintainer="travankor <travankor@tuta.io>"
@@ -12,11 +13,14 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://flacon.github.io/"
 changelog="https://flacon.github.io/changelog/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Flacon/flacon/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a83d5fe297ceb6408b7f63c56a6be336fe1c6d06ebedcc0c84a3f7dd234140e4
+checksum=78199ff925b7cd0ffeb628d47909ca4172f8ff0d8fd8192bb537e0c012e6f4c6
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake"
-fi
+post_configure() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		# use host lrelease instead of target binary which breaks compilation
+		vsed -i build/build.ninja -e "s|${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib.*/qt6/bin/lrelease|/usr/lib/qt6/bin/lrelease|g"
+	fi
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	vdoc "${FILESDIR}/README.voidlinux"